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A Confederate monument that caused a stir in a North Carolina town has been dismantled and put in storage until it can be moved to a different location.

The town of Edenton had been planning to remove the monument from a popular spot in the business district for the past three years. It dismantled the monument on Saturday.

It was only after the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the move that the town decided to act.

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Mayor W. Hackney High Jr. told local news outlet WAVY the monument will be reinstated at the town's Veterans Memorial Park .

Edenton established a Human Relations Commission in 2020 to study the monume

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